Chapter I: Front Matter

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LOVE AND LIBERTY.

A THRILLING

NARRATIVE OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION OF 1792.

BY

ALEXANDER DUMAS.

AUTHOR OF “THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO,” “THE THREE GUARDSMEN,” “TWENTY
YEARS AFTER,” “BRAGELONNE; THE SON OF ATHOS,” “THE CHEVALIER,”
“THE MEMOIRS OF A PHYSICIAN,” “ADVENTURES OF A MARQUIS,” “CAMILLE;
OR, THE FATE OF A COQUETTE,” “FORTY-FIVE GUARDSMEN,” “LOUISE
LA VALLIERE,” “COUNTESS OF CHARNY,” “QUEEN’S NECKLACE,”
“THE IRON HAND,” “THE IRON MASK,” “ANDRE DE TAVERNEY,”
“EDMOND DANTES,” “SIX YEARS LATER,” ETC., ETC., ETC.

“MARCH ON! MARCH ON! OH CHILDREN OF THE LAND,
THE DAY, THE HOUR OF GLORY, IS AT HAND!”

PHILADELPHIA:
T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS;
306 CHESTNUT STREET.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1869, by
T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS,

In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States,
in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

ALEXANDER DUMAS’ GREAT WORKS.

_COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO_ $1 50
_THE IRON MASK_ 1 00
_LOUISE LA VALLIERE_ 1 00
_ADVENTURES OF MARQUIS_ 1 00
_DIANA OF MERIDOR_ 1 00
_THE THREE GUARDSMEN_ 75
_TWENTY YEARS AFTER_ 75
_BRAGELONNE, SON OF ATHOS_ 75
_CAMILLE, CAMELIA LADY_ 1 50
_MEMOIRS OF A PHYSICIAN_ 1 00
_THE QUEEN’S NECKLACE_ 1 00
_SIX YEARS LATER_ 1 00
_COUNTESS DE CHARNY_ 1 00
_ANDREE DE TAVERNEY_ 1 00
_FORTY-FIVE GUARDSMEN_ 75
_THE IRON HAND_ 75
_THE CHEVALIER_ 1 00
_THE CONSCRIPT_ 1 50

_Above are in paper cover, or in cloth, at $1.75 each._

_EDMOND DANTES_ 75
_THE FALLEN ANGEL_ 75
_FELINA DE CHAMBURE_ 75
_THE HORRORS OF PARIS_ 75
_SKETCHES IN FRANCE_ 75
_ISABEL OF BAVARIA_ 75
_THE CORSICAN BROTHERS_ 50
_THE COUNT OF MORET_ 50
_MAN WITH FIVE WIVES_ 75
_THE TWIN LIEUTENANTS_ 75
_ANNETTE, LADY OF PEARLS_ 50
_MOHICANS OF PARIS_ 50
_GEORGE; OR THE PLANTER OF THE ISLE OF FRANCE_ 50
_THE MARRIAGE VERDICT_ 50
_BURIED ALIVE_ 25

Above books are for sale by all Booksellers. Copies of any or all of the above books will be sent to any one, to any place, postage pre-paid, on receipt of their price by the Publishers,

T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS,
306 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

CONTENTS.

Prologue.

Chapter Page

I.—HOW M. DUMAS CAME TO WRITE THESE MEMOIRS 23

=A MAN OF THE PEOPLE=.

(RENE BESSON.)

I.—CONCERNING HIS PARENTAGE AND HIS EARLY YOUTH 27

II.—THE FIRST SEEDS OF A POLITICAL FAITH 32

III.—A STRANGER OF INFLUENCE TURNS UP 34

IV.—I EDUCATE MYSELF FOR CONTINGENCIES 39

V.—I BREAK WITH THE ARISTOCRACY 41

VI.—THE NATION AND THE BASTILLE.—VERDICT FOR THE FORMER 44

VII.—CONCERNING THE BASTILLE 48

VIII.—THE DUKE D’ENGHIEN’S LAST DAY’S SPORT 51

IX.—I GO TO MAKE CAPTIVES AND AM TAKEN CAPTIVE MYSELF 56

X.—TOUCHING MADEMOISELLE SOPHIE 66

XI.—WHAT “BROTHERHOOD” MEANT 70

XII.—WHAT PASSED IN THE FOREST 75

XIII.—THE PEOPLE IN COUNCIL 79

XIV.—MY NEW PARISIAN FRIENDS 83

XV.—I GO TO THE JACOBINS’ CLUB 88

XVI.—PARIS BEFORE THE REVOLUTION 93

XVII.—I ATTEND A MEETING AT THE CORDELIERS 96

XVIII.—THE FEMALE ELEMENT IN POLITICS 102

XIX.—THE FIELD OF THE FEDERATION 106

XX.—I GO BACK AGAIN 110

XXI.—I EXCHANGE MY GUN FOR THE PLANE 115

XXII.—MY NEW LIFE UNDER SOPHIE’S FATHER 117

XXIII.—THE ARRIVAL OF THE DRAGOONS 122

XXIV.—THE NIGHT OF THE 21ST OF AUGUST, 1791 128

XXV.—THE TRAGEDY OF ROYALTY BEGINS 134

XXVI.—WHAT HAPPENED AT PARIS BEFORE THE DEPARTURE 145

XXVII.—HOW THEY SET OUT 148

XXVIII.—THE ROAD 155

XXIX.—STILL IN FLIGHT 166

XXX.—WHAT HAPPENED IN THE GROCER’S LITTLE SHOP 175

XXXI.—THE RETURN OF ROYALTY IN ARREST 180

XXXII.—WHAT M. DE BOUILLE DID IN THE MEANTIME 187

XXXIII.—AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE TURNS UP 189

XXXIV.—THE CRITICS CRITICISED 195

XXXV.—IS LOVE ETERNAL 196

XXXVI.—BARNAVE AND PETION 202

XXXVII.—PARIS 206

XXXVIII.—I RESUME MY ORIGINAL PROFESSION 212

XXXIX.—TOUCHING THE PRINCESS LAMBALLE 219

XL.—THE TIDE RISES 224

XLI.—CONCERNING THE BILL OF FORFEITURE 229

XLII.—WHAT TOOK PLACE BETWEEN THE HAIRDRESSER AND THE
INVALID 234

XLIII.—THE RED FLAG 239

XLIV.—THE MASSACRE OF THE CHAMP DE MARS 245

XLV.—ROBESPIERRE PAYS A VISIT TO M. DUPLAY 249

XLVI.—INSTALLATION 254

XLVII.—A BREAK 259

XLVIII.—THE THREAT IS LOUDER 265

XLIX.—THE KING QUITS THE TUILERIES 274

L.—THE MASSACRES OF SEPTEMBER 281

LI.—THE KING’S TRIAL PROCEEDED WITH 297

LII.—NEAR THE BLOCK 307

LIII.—THE SACRIFICE OF BLOOD 315

LIV.—EXECUTION OF LOUIS XVI 323

LV.—WHAT FOLLOWS 327

LVI.—THE REIGN OF TERROR 330

LVII.—WHOLESALE MASSACRE 336

LVIII.—MARIE ANTOINETTE 346

LIX.—MARIE ANTOINETTE FINDS PEACE AT LAST 349

LX.—THE TWENTY-TWO 356

LXI.—THE RED FLAG 360

LXII.—THE BLOOD OF WOMEN 365

LXIII.—ROBESPIERRE FALLS 370

LOVE AND LIBERTY.

Prologue.